Accommodation

Accommodation in St Petersburg

Careful choice of residency option for the duration of your course is one of the most important aspects of trip planning. Glory School offers you its help with accommodation selection, we can provide you with: a host family, a flat, a hotel or a hostel. Our staff is ready to help you choose the most satisfying option.

Host Family

A lot of students prefer staying with a Host Family, finding it a better way to adjust and practice language outside the classroom. Friendly and warm atmosphere contributes to the language learning process.

We carefully select our Host Families, making sure they fit all the criteria and are always available for a talk, any extra activities and will be happy to help our students in case something bothers them. Living with a Host Family also provides students an experience of living in authentic Russian environment and being treated as a true family member makes this experience even better!

Prices per week

Self Catering

Breakfast

Half Board

175 EUR

195 EUR

220EUR

Flat

In case you want to have your own place or if you are travelling with friends or relatives, you can always ask us to prepare for you a furnished apartment. We have several one-and two- room apartments situated right in the city center, which are ready to welcome new dwellers. Apartments are fully-equipped and have everything you might need for a comfortable living.

Hotel

St. Petersburg is a marvelous attraction for tourists coming from all over the world, respectively, here you can find some of the best hotels in the world. Our Accommodation Officer can help you choose hotel considering all your personal preferences and wishes. We can also book the accommodation on your behalf. Glory School has some established connections with a number of hotels close to the school. If needed, we can arrange an examination of your chosen hotel to ensure that they fit your standards.

Hostel

Hostel is an alternative option of accommodation that we are happy to help you with. Such an option is very popular among the visitors of St. Petersburg and has proved its convenience. Moreover, a reasonable price will for sure satisfy you!

Teachers

Zhanna Ogurkova

Graduated from Leningrad State University, English and French faculty. Has been working for Glory School since 2009. “The most important in teaching for me personally is a good structure, logics of all the steps we go through with the students. I like to bring lots of fun to my lessons as well: games, talk shows, role plays, competitions and even language marathons.”

Nataly Murphy

A native speaker teacher of English from the USA. Graduated from Webster University St. Louis, Missouri (USA), English, Anthropology & Philosophy. Certificate of Teaching English as a foreign language. Has been working for Glory School since 2012 “My students help me discover more curious things about Russian mentality and I try to do my best adopting each lesson for their individual needs”

Irina Shelestova

Graduated from State University in Pushkin, the faculty of foreign philology. Recently has been successfully qualified as a teacher of English. Has been working for Glory School since 2013. “Each student in a group needs maximum attention from the teacher – I stick to this principle in my work which is the beginning of all success in teaching. In my opinion, the progress of each individual learner should be measured and compared only with his own results at different stages of education.”

Anastasia Mishina

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, successfully proved CPE certificate. Has been working for Glory School since 2014. “When it comes to working out better methods and improving the system of education I see the solution in individual approach in teaching English, we need to use more interesting materials, support students’ motivation at a high level and all those factors together lead to a success.’

Eugenia Mosunova

Graduated from Mariinsky University, the faculty of foreign languages, has proved CAE certificate. Got qualifications from Tartu university, Faculty of Philosophy. Has been working for Glory School since 2014. “I see my main target as a teacher not only in explaining things at the lesson or correcting mistakes, a good teacher must show the students effective ways how they can study on their own for the future, how the process of education is organized and how to make progress studying at home”

Tatiana Shandrakova

Graduated from Leningrad State University, the faculty of foreign languages. Has been working for Glory School since 2016. “I’m fond of creative approach when preparing and structuring my lessons, that’s so wonderful when it’s possible to make a lesson bright, full of music, games, various activities that help my students express themselves and show better results in studing”

Christina Novolodskaya

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, the faculty of applied linguistics. Has been working for Glory School since 2015. “I do enjoy working with people, I find it so inspiring when together we discover and explore the wonderful world around us by means of the foreign language.”

Donald Willburn

A native speaker teacher from the USA. The University of Texas at Austin (USA), English and Literature. Certification in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Has been working for Glory School since 2011. “When students are interested in something and can connect it to their lives they are more highly motivated and learn at a better rate.”